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• Switching gears

  - 2007-02-14

  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. needs a new contract and is battling his stepmom. Nextel Cup drivers and crew chiefs are trying to tame a bigger, boxier model developed to race safer. A foreign manufacturer Toyota with unproven teams and a foreign-born driver (Juan...

  Tags: car, ESPN, Gordon, NASCAR, Nextel Communications Inc., team, Toyota Motor Corp.

• HOW NASCAR PLANS TO GET BACK ON THE FAST TRACK; With a $4.5B TV deal and Toyota in the fold, the league is out to prove '06 was just a speed bump.(News)(Toyota Motor Corp., National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing Inc., ESPN/ABC Sports Customer Mark

  - 2007-02-12

  Byline: RICH THOMASELLI Byline: RICH THOMASELLI

  Tags: ABC Inc., ESPN, NASCAR, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Jarrett's contract could be golden

  - 2006-05-17

  It may not take an act of Congress to get NASCAR teams to reveal financial terms of their deals with sponsors and drivers. But the sport's secretive mentality regarding finances provides ample fuel for the rumor mill, which in recent days has been spinning upward of 200 m.p.h. On...

  Tags: CAREER, ESPN, Lowe, NASCAR, Toyota Motor Corp.